{"id":132083,"date":"2018-12-18T13:00:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T18:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=132083"},"modified":"2018-12-18T12:05:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T17:05:50","slug":"redux-brushfire-at-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/18\/redux-brushfire-at-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Redux: Brushfire at Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><i>Every week, the editors of <\/i>The Paris Review<i> lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine\u2019s archive. You can have these unlocked pieces delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday by <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/dkY3AH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Every week, the editors of The Paris Review lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine\u2019s archive. You can have these unlocked pieces delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday by signing up for the Redux newsletter. (opens in a new tab)\">signing up for the Redux newsletter<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/jim-crace.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/jim-crace.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/jim-crace-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/jim-crace-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, we bring you Jim Crace\u2019s 2003&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"This week, we bring you Jim Crace\u2019s 2014 Art of Fiction interview, Andrew Martin\u2019s short story \u201cWith the Christopher Kids,\u201d and Judy Longley\u2019s poem \u201cBrushfire at Christmas.\u201d (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/122\/jim-crace-the-art-of-fiction-no-179-jim-crace\" target=\"_blank\">Art of Fiction interview<\/a>, Andrew Martin\u2019s short story \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"This week, we bring you Jim Crace\u2019s 2014 Art of Fiction interview, Andrew Martin\u2019s short story \u201cWith the Christopher Kids,\u201d and Judy Longley\u2019s poem \u201cBrushfire at Christmas.\u201d (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/6415\/with-the-christopher-kids-andrew-martin\" target=\"_blank\">With the Christopher Kids<\/a>,\u201d and Judy Longley\u2019s poem \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"This week, we bring you Jim Crace\u2019s 2014 Art of Fiction interview, Andrew Martin\u2019s short story \u201cWith the Christopher Kids,\u201d and Judy Longley\u2019s poem \u201cBrushfire at Christmas.\u201d (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/1489\/brushfire-at-christmas-judy-longley\" target=\"_blank\">Brushfire at Christmas<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoy these free interviews, stories, and poems, why not <a href=\"https:\/\/ssl.drgnetwork.com\/ecom\/TPR\/app\/live\/subscriptions?org=TPR&amp;publ=PR&amp;key_code=ENAPRFX&amp;type=S&amp;gift_key=TESTFXG&amp;utm_source=ReduxBlogpost&amp;utm_medium=ReduxBlogpost&amp;utm_campaign=ReduxBlogpost&amp;utm_term=ReduxBlogpost&amp;utm_content=ReduxBlogpost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"If you enjoy these free interviews, stories, and poems, why not subscribe to read the entire archive? You\u2019ll also get four new issues of the quarterly delivered straight to your door. (opens in a new tab)\">subscribe to read the entire archive<\/a>? You\u2019ll also get four new issues of the quarterly delivered straight to your door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Jim Crace, The Art of Fiction No. 179\nIssue no. 167 (Fall 2003) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/122\/jim-crace-the-art-of-fiction-no-179-jim-crace\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Crace, The Art of Fiction No. 179<\/a><br><em>Issue no. 167 (Fall 2003)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>When I was eleven, the word went out that for once in his life, my father had actually bought me a Christmas present. My mum usually did all that stuff. I was terribly excited by the prospect. Along comes Christmas day, and I open up a package and inside was the Dent Dutton Everyman edition of <em>Roget\u2019s Thesaurus<\/em>. My father had heard somewhere that a thesaurus was an essential tool for anyone who wanted to be a writer. I was eleven, for Christ\u2019s sake! This was the biggest letdown of my life. A book of words! But actually, of course, I still use the very edition he gave me. There are two pages missing, the pages which are of synonyms for words about music. They just fell out. But otherwise it\u2019s my constant companion, my best possession.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christopher-kids.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christopher-kids.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christopher-kids-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/christopher-kids-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"With the Christopher Kids\nBy Andrew Martin\nIssue no. 215 (Winter 2015) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/6415\/with-the-christopher-kids-andrew-martin\" target=\"_blank\">With the Christopher Kids<\/a><br>By Andrew Martin<br><em>Issue no. 215 (Winter 2015)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>On Christmas Eve I wandered around my mother\u2019s house looking for things to wrap. For the last three days I\u2019d been slamming doors and doing cocaine and forgetting that it was the season of giving, nominally because my girlfriend, Melanie, had left me hours before our trip north to visit our respective families. If I was being fair\u2014which I wasn\u2019t\u2014Melanie\u2019s decision made sense: Why wait until <em>after<\/em> the holiday disasters? It was one less thing to hold against each other forever. Downstairs, my sister Patricia hollered for scissors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/oh-no.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/oh-no.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/oh-no-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/oh-no-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Brushfire at Christmas\nBy Judy Longley\nIssue no. 138 (Spring 1996) (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/1489\/brushfire-at-christmas-judy-longley\" target=\"_blank\">Brushfire At Christmas<\/a><br>By Judy Longley<br><em>Issue no. 138 (Spring 1996)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote style=\"text-align:right\" class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>                            Arkansas, 1993<br><em>\u2014for Lawrence, my brother<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I\u2019ve followed the crumbs to your feast,<br>share the table with Father again,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>his anger smoldering belly-deep<br>while Mother smiles, eyes darting,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>ready to peck with her sharp words.<br>In this version of our lives \u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you like what you read,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" 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